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Capture vacation vibes by creating a cottage bedroom that evokes relaxing days spent at seashores and lakesides. Cottage style is a collected-over-time look that allows you plenty of latitude when designing a changes-in-attitude space. Browse our gallery of cottage bedroom pictures to find inspiration for creating glorious getaway bedrooms that boast coastal color, architectural interest, and beach-house appeal. See how to blend cottage bedroom furniture with distressed patinas and painted finishes with vintage fabrics and family heirlooms. Discover how to master the cottage bedroom mix by setting fine furnishings and glitzy accessories against walls covered in painted beaded board or tactile grass cloth. Learn how to energize a cottage bedstead by playing with pattern and piling on awning stripe, buffalo check, and flowery fabrics. Find cottage bedroom ideas that you can easily translate to suit your own leisure-pursuing lifestyle. Decorate shelves and tabletops with your favorite sentimental collections; dress windows in breezy sheer panels, bamboo blinds, or plantation shutters; lay down sisal, braided, or Oriental rugs; and incorporate nautical notions and beach-combed treasures to further cottage character. Explore how to combine pieces from the past with recently purchased items to create a highly personal and personable haven that reflects your singular point of view and an assembled-through-the-ages attitude.